acerola

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish acerola. Doublet of azarole. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æ.səˈɹəʊ.lə/ Rhymes: -əʊlə === Noun === acerola (plural acerolas) Any tree of species Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and northern South America. The fruit of this tree. ==== Translations ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish acerola. First attested in 1869. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.t͡sɛˈrɔ.la/ Rhymes: -ɔla Syllabification: a‧ce‧ro‧la === Noun === acerola f acerola (Malpighia glabra) Synonyms: nadgwiazdka granatolistna, wiśnia z Barbados owoc aceroli ― fruit of the acerola acerola (the fruit of this tree) Synonyms: nadgwiazdka granatolistna, wiśnia z Barbados ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === acerola in Polish dictionaries at PWN acerola in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الزَعْرُورَة (az-zaʕrúra). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔlɐ Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ro‧la === Noun === acerola f (plural acerolas) (botany) acerola (Malpighia emarginata) acerola (the fruit of this plant) === Further reading === “acerola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “acerola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “acerola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الزَعْرُورَة (az-zaʕrúra), from Classical Arabic زُعْرُورَة (zuʕrūra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aθeˈɾola/ [a.θeˈɾo.la] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /aseˈɾola/ [a.seˈɾo.la] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ola Syllabification: a‧ce‧ro‧la === Noun === acerola f (plural acerolas) azarole, the fruit of the acerolo (Crataegus azarolus) acerola ==== Usage notes ==== Acerola originated as a word for the azerole (Crataegus azarolus), but was applied to Malpighia emarginata after Europeans found it in the New World. Since the azerole is little known outside of Europe, usage in the Americas seems to almost entirely indicate Malpighia rather than Crataegus. ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “acerola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025